Wallace Thurman

Wallace Thurman
Born	(1902-08-16)August 16, 1902 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Died	December 26, 1934(1934-12-26) (aged 32) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist dramatist columnist essayist editor publisher intellectual

Wallace Henry Thurman (August 16, 1902 – December 22, 1934) was an American novelist and screenwriter active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals. He is best known for his novel The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life (1929), which explores discrimination within the black community based on skin color, with lighter skin being more highly valued.